The heavy duty on import of textile raw material in Pakistan forces garment makers to use cotton as the core input, said Jawwad A Chaudhry, the newly elected senior vice chairman of Pakistan Readymade Garments Manufacturers and Exporters Association (PRGMEA) upon assuming charge. The PRGMEA senior vice chairman said Bangladesh, which produces no cotton, allows duty-free import of all kind of raw material, which has pushed its value-added textile exports to US$ 26 billion, while Pakistan has y

The imports of cotton by Vietnam in the first nine months of current year have increased by 35 percent year-on-year to 430,000 tons, valued at US$ 864 million, Viet Nam News reported. Vietnam Cotton and Spinning Association (VCOSA) attributed the rise in cotton imports to the increasing demand for cotton by domestic textile and garment companies. VCOSA expects the country’s cotton imports to be in the range of 580,000 to 600,000 tons this year, compared to 420,000 tons of cotton imported l

Disney Consumer Products (DCP) and ABC Family, in collaboration with The Wet Seal Inc., announced a millennial lifestyle brand called ‘Crush by ABC Family.’ This new collection will offer an assortment of apparel and accessory styles wholly inspired by the fashion-forward female characters of popular ABC Family shows. “This collaboration further supports DCP’s goal of engaging licensees to deliver unique product experiences tied to the hottest properties on screen,” said Josh Silverman, execu

10-gruppen specialises in high quality printed textiles with bold contemporary designs. Originating from Sweden, 10-gruppen was established in 1970 by ten young designers who wanted to control the entire production process from preliminary sketch to printed textile. Sharing a common vision in aesthetics and passion for quality apparel, UNIQLO’s collaboration with 10-gruppen brings together the best of Scandinavian and Japanese signature styles and design principles. 10-gruppen presents

At that time people will want better salaries, and there would also be some changes in labour composition, he said, and urged the apparel industry to take steps towards reducing reliance on labour, while improving productivity. He advised that the Sri Lankan garment industry would have to be prepared for changes in the same way as it prepared for dealing with the discontinuation of the GSP Plus. He said it would be important for companies in the clothing sector to carefully strategize in o

A fire broke out in a garment godown in BEML complex in Rajrajeshwari Nagar on Wednesday evening. However, no one was injured in the incident. Officials of the fire and emergency services department received a call at 4.57 pm following which they rushed to the building which has three floors above the cellar. Officials said that there was no ventilation due to which there was dense smoke in the building, taking up to four hours to douse the fire. Also, there was only one entry to the ce

One of its biggest Italian footwear producers, Coronet, has decided to move its factory from Guangdong province (China) to Vietnam. As from 2014, Coronet will make footwear products at its new factory in Ho Chi Minh City’s Giao Long industrial zone. Coronet senior adviser Umberto de Marco said the company aims to produce 2 million metres of leather a year and will raise its productivity in the near future. Most materials are transported from China and the China-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (FTA

The Indian Textiles Ministry has sought restoration of incentives for cotton and cotton yarn exports and would be writing to the Ministry of Commerce and Finance to withdraw the decision to remove export benefits under the Focused Markets Scheme (FMS) for cotton and cotton yarn, Textiles Minister K Sambasiva Rao said at the 5th edition of FICCI-TAG 2013 summit in Mumbai. Mr. Rao said the Textiles Ministry would be writing to the Ministry of Commerce over issue of the restoration of the incent

The National Development and Reform Commission recently announced the import quotas of key grains and cotton in 2014. The import quotas for wheat, corn, rice and cotton are respectively set at 9.6 million tons, 7.2 million tons, 5.3 million tons and at 894,000 tons. Source: China Textile Leader

India-based textile manufacturer Shrivallabh Pittie Group will invest US$ 70 million to build a cotton yarn manufacturing facility near Sylvania, a city in Screven County, in the US state of Georgia, Governor Nathan Deal has announced. The plant will manufacture a range of different counts of carded cotton yarn and production will be flexible in order to meet market demand, a statement said. The plant will use class-leading machinery and benefit from great economies of scale as the entire